The European packaging industry experienced a 15% drop in new job postings in Q4 2023 compared with the previous quarter, with the highest share accounted for by DS Smith with 898 job postings, according to GlobalData’s analysis of packaging company job postings. GlobalData’s Packaging: Hiring Trends & Signals Q4 2023 report reveals comprehensive insights into hiring patterns, job roles, required skills, geographical trends, and key themes within the packaging industry, facilitating anticipation of future workforce needs. Buy the report here.
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Notably, Office and Administrative Support Occupations jobs accounted for a 19% share of the European packaging industry’s total new job postings in Q4 2023, rise 57% over the prior quarter.
Office and Administrative Support Occupations drive packaging industry hiring activity
Office and Administrative Support Occupations, with a share of 19% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the European packaging industry in Q4 2023 , ahead of Management Occupations with an 8% share of new job postings.
The other prominent roles included Business and Financial Operations Occupations with an 8% share in Q4 2023, Production Occupations with a 7% share and Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.
Top five companies accounted for 54% of hiring activity
DS Smith posted 898 jobs in Q4 2023 and registered a growth of 121% over the previous quarter, followed by Syntegon Packaging Technology with 317 jobs and a 40% growth. Gerresheimer, with 252 jobs, and Tetra Pak International, with 245 jobs, recorded a 54% drop and an 11% drop, respectively, while Stora Enso recorded a 170% increase with a 235 new job postings during Q4 2023.
Regional analysis of hiring in the European packaging industry, Q4 2023
The UK held the leading share of the European packaging hiring activity with a 29.95% share, a 24% increase over Q3 2023. Germany was next with 25.90%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.
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